Medical News
Technology for printing customized neuroprostheses on a 3D bioprinter
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(St. Petersburg State University) Researchers from St Petersburg University have developed the NeuroPrint soft neuroprosthesis 3D printing technology. In the long term, this can help paralyzed people after spinal cord in...
Delta-8-THC Promises to Get You High Without the Paranoia or Anxiety
Discover - 23 Sep 2020 23:25
A variation of the familiar Delta-9-THC compound is growing in popularity among savvy cannabis consumers. But its legality is sticky.
Study identifies weight-loss threshold for heart health in patients with obesity, diabetes
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(Cleveland Clinic) A Cleveland Clinic study shows that 5 to 10 percent of surgically induced weight loss is associated with improved life expectancy and cardiovascular health. In comparison, about 20 percent weight loss ...
Breakthrough for tomorrow's dentistry
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(Karolinska Institutet) New knowledge on the cellular makeup and growth of teeth can expedite developments in regenerative dentistry - a biological therapy for damaged teeth - as well as the treatment of tooth sensitivit...
Fructose made in the brain could be a mechanism driving Alzheimer's disease
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) New research released from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus proposes that Alzheimer's disease may be driven by the overactivation of fructose made in the...
Analysis reveals heart-related side effects of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(Wiley) As the antimalarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have drawn attention as potential therapies for COVID-19 and are being widely used off-label, it's now more important than ever to have a thorough asse...
Common heart defect - repaired or not - may limit exercise ability
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(American Heart Association) Adults born with a hole in their heart may lose 20% or more of their exercise capacity regardless of surgical repair.Young adults with the defect are known to have poorer exercise ability tha...
Amyloid deposits not associated with depression in the elderly
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(Elsevier) Researchers have suspected that Aβ deposits might also underlie the cognitive decline seen in older people with depression, however a new study from researchers at the University of California, San Francisco ...
A history of the Anti-vaxxer movement
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(The MIT Press) Jonathan Berman's "Anti-vaxxers" is a history of the anti-vaccination movement, from its nineteenth-century antecedents to today's anti-vax activism. The book from The MIT PRESS offers strategies for refu...
Caregiving factors may affect hospitalization risk among disabled older adults
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(Wiley) Few studies have investigated the potential impact of caregivers and caregiver factors on older adults' likelihood of being hospitalized. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society...
GSA publishes seven articles on COVID-19 and aging
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(The Gerontological Society of America) The Gerontological Society of America's highly cited, peer-reviewed journals are continuing to publish scientific articles on COVID-19, and all are free to access. The following we...
Don't sleep on the hypnotic potential of thalidomide
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(University of Tsukuba) Researchers from the University of Tsukuba identified a novel molecular pathway for the hypnotic effects of thalidomide. By comparing the effects of thalidomide on the sleep of normal mice and mic...
BrainHealth's SMART methodology helps patients make more informed treatment decisions
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(Center for BrainHealth ) Researchers at Center for BrainHealth® collaborated with scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to examine whether the SMART program affects people's abilities to make in...
Feeling frisky makes you see what you want to see
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(University of Rochester) A group of psychologists at the University of Rochester and the Israeli-based Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya discovered that we see possible romantic partners as a lot more attractive i...
Feeding indoor cats just once a day could improve health
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(University of Guelph) New University of Guelph research has found that feeding cats one large meal a day may help control hunger better than feeding them several times a day.
First evidence that air pollution particles and metals are reaching the placenta
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(Queen Mary University of London) Pollution particles, including metals, have been found in the placentas of fifteen women in London, according to research led by Queen Mary University of London.
Fourth large-scale COVID-19 vaccine trial begins in the United States
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) A fourth Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating an investigational vaccine for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has begun enrolling adult volunteers. The trial is...
Berry good news -- new compound from blueberries could treat inflammatory disorders
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(Tokyo University of Science) Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), caused by chronic inflammation in the digestive tract linings, can be debilitating and life threatening. Therapeutic options include suppression of immune r...
Faulty transportation of messenger RNA is the culprit in ALS
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(Osaka University) A team including Osaka University researchers has discovered a function for the protein missing in many types of ALS and FTLD, two neurodegenerative diseases. In neurons, the protein TDP-43 bound to me...
Genetic analysis links obesity to higher rheumatoid arthritis risk
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(Wiley) An analysis of genetic data collected from more than 850,000 individuals of European ancestry has found a link between obesity-related genes and rheumatoid arthritis.
Grappling with questions about how COVID-19 can affect the heart
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(American Association for the Advancement of Science) For an issue once expected to occur mostly in patients with severe COVID-19, heart conditions following SARS-CoV-2 infection are much more prevalent, writes Eric Topo...
Gruthan Bioscience receives funding to develop a novel class of cholesterol-lowering drugs
EurekAlert! - 23 Sep 2020 06:00
(Medical University of South Carolina) Medical University of South Carolina startup Gruthan Bioscience has been awarded National Institutes of Health funding to develop novel drugs to treat a rare and deadly form of fami...